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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 23, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 24.

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Morning Prayer

By William Henry Burleigh

For the dear love that kept us through the night, And gave our senses to sleep’s gentle sway,— For the new miracle of dawning light Flushing the east with prophecies of day, We thank Thee, O our God!
For the fresh life that through our being flows With its full tide to strengthen and to bless— For calm, sweet thoughts, upspringing from repose To bear to Thee their song of thankfulness, We praise Thee, O our God!
Day uttereth speech to day, and night to night Tells of Thy power and glory. So would we, Thy children, duly, with the morning light, Or at still eve, upon the bended knee Adore Thee, O our God!
Thou know’st our needs, Thy fulness will supply Our blindness,—let Thy hand still lead us on, Till, visited by the dayspring from on high, Our prayer, one only, “Let Thy will be done,” We breathe to Thee, O God!
— William Henry Burleigh.